Just the sound of his voice twists my stomach into a knot of unpleasant emotions like guilt, sadness and fear. And longing. I might as well admit there’s some of that too.

What I need is the dandelion in the spring. The bright yellow that means rebirth instead of destruction. The promise that life can go on, no matter how bad our losses. That it can be good again.

District 12: Where you can starve to death in safety.

The star-crossed lovers

Hope, it is the only thing stronger than fear. A little hope is effective, a lot of hope is dangerous.

My nightmares are usually about losing you. I'm okay once I realize you're here.

So it's you and a syringe against the Capitol? See, this is why no one lets you make the plans.

Happy Hunger Games! And may the odds be ever in your favor.

It takes ten times as long to put yourself back together as it does to fall apart.

I wish I could freeze this moment, right here, right now and live in it forever.

To this day, I can never shake the connection between this boy, Peeta Mellark, and the bread that gave me hope, and the dandelion that reminded me that I was not doomed.

Art is man's nature nature is God's art.

Eat turkey all night long, 50 million Elvis fans can't be wrong.

I love music, singing, and playing piano (though I'm not very good). And I adore musical theater.

The word 'when' is so important for a people, for an individual! If an individual thinks he won't do it, he'll never do it. Even if he's highly intelligent, even if he has countless talents.

Anonymity is not necessarily something to shun; we don't have to achieve celebrity to make a mark on the world.

People are much less interested in what you are trying to show them than what you are trying to hide.

Bill Clinton is the guy that said, "The era of Big Government is over." Whether or not he meant it or not, he said it.

I've been a serial husband, and I've done it badly every time.

We must be alarmingly enterprising, and we must be startlingly original, and do new and striking things which constitute a revolution.

Cunning is the dwarf of wisdom.